ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection

What is ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection?

This program provides the HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection Software for the supported notebook models and operating systems. The HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection Software provides protection for the hard drive by "parking the heads" if the notebook is accidentally dropped, or is abruptly impacted by another object.

About (from Hewlett-Packard)

Your laptop’s hard drive stores lots of valuable information, including your files, photos and music. HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection—included with every HP laptop—acts like an airbag for your hard drive should you drop your laptop. A simple, flexible interface reports hard-drive status and allows you to enable... Read more

Overview

The most common release is 3.10.1.7, with over 98% of all installations currently using this version. The primary executable is named PSHDPVer.exe. The setup package generally installs about 2 files and is usually about 1.01 MB (1,061,086 bytes).